American Sicario (2021) | How Woke Is It?

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American Sicario2021

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What We Think

American Sicario is refreshingly unconcerned with woke checklists. It chooses gritty genre authenticity over political trendiness, making it a rarity by today’s standards. Safe viewing for those averse to Hollywood’s typical ideological overreach.

Score Breakdown

Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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What is this?

The film focuses on the rise and fall of a gangster, sticking closely to crime thriller conventions rather than forcing contemporary identity politics. Characters are developed around their actions and ambitions, not box-checking or surface-level identifiers.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

Not Woke

What is this?

There is little evidence that the film takes aim at religion, masculinity, or traditional family structure. The story, centered on criminal underworld dynamics, doesn’t promote or undermine these values in any significant way.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

Not Woke

What is this?

Alternative worldviews aren’t the point here. The world presented is brutal and amoral, but it doesn’t lampoon or villainize non-woke perspectives. If anything, it’s disinterested in modern ideological battles and sticks to genre tropes.

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